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UNITED STATES ,JUDSON. W. HALL, OF WORCESTER, -MASSAOHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WRINGER S.

- Specification forming part'of Letters Patent No.

1 80,125, dated July 25,1876; application filed May 24; 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JUDSON W. HALL, of Worcester, county of Worcester, Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Ulothes-Wriugers, of which the following is a specification:

- My invention relates to clothes-wringers having horizontal parallel rollers which are adjustable in a frame, the whole being placed in a frame which may be fastened to the tub.

My invention consists in the improved arrangement, construction, and combination of parts, which will be first described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of my improved clot-hes-wringer with part of 'Fig'. 2 is an end elevation of the same.

The letter A represents the wringing-rolls, which are made in the usual manner. The journals of these rolls are set in boxes 0, which may be lined with glass or other vitreous material, if desired. The journal-boxes of the upper roll are secured to the journals by pass; ing a pin or rod, F, directly beneath the journals, the ends of said pin entering the prolonged s'ides of the boxes 0, while the pin itselfis so placed as not to interfere with the tree rotation of the roll. To the upper surface of the boxes 0 is secured alink or retainer, 1), (shown in both figures of the drawing,) and so constructed that the ends of the spring G may be inserted within said retainer, and move freely therein. The screw H is provided with a swiveled foot, it, through which the spring G passes. Now it will be evident, from the foregoing description, that when the screw is retracted or raised the spring G will also bedrawn up, and the latter, in turn, will lift the journal-boxes O by means of the retainers D, thus carrying the upper roll away from the lower, and at the sangetime allowing it, when adjusted at any heightabove said lower roll, to still retain all the elastic action ofthe spring.

The great ad vantages of this construction are evident. The rollsmay be adjusted to suit different kinds of articles, both thick and thin, and when the former are being wrung it is not necessary to open the rolls with the hand in order to introduce the fabric.

In order to communicate motion from one roller to the other, when at any distance apart, I have devised the construction following. To

-the upper portion of the frame I journal the pinion M, which'is provided with both ordinary gear or cogs I and with a chain-gear. This pinion is located, with relation to the upper roll, a little above the level of said roll when at its lowest point of vertical adjustment. The power, whether by a crank or other kind of mechanism, is applied to the lower roll, and, .by means of the pinion N, is transmitted, by the chain L, to the double-geared pinion I M, which latter meshes with the gear-wheel K on the upper roll. Now it will be seen that the latter, carrying the pinion K, may rise and fall and carry the latter pinion some distance above the level of the gear I without withdrawing them from operative connection with each other. This distance is more than sufficient for all practical uses.

I The \vringer-frame is fastened to the tub by screws T playing in holders S. In order to prevent injury to the tub, and at the same time to secure a tight gripe of the clamping mechanism, I pivot oval tapering pads R to an ear formed on the holders S. These pads are pivoted loosely, so that they will always be retained in contact with the ends of the clamping-screws by their own weight; and

they are also curved, so that when brought in contact with the sides of the tub they will lie flat against it,- thus securing a firm hold.

The bottom of the wringer-frame may, if desired, be made tight, so as to furnish a trough, O, in which the water wrung from the clothes may be caught. be drained ofl' vby means of the tube Q, which is adapted" to be laid. over the edge of an ad joining vessel or tub.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim asnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'- i 1.. In a clotheswringer, the combination, with the screw H, spring G, and the journalboxes of the upper roll, of. the retainers D, fitting over the ends of the said spring, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In combinationwith the gear K, attached to the upper roll, the pinion I, placed on a level with or a little above the axis of said roll, and having cogs to mesh with the gear The contents of this tub may K, and chain-gearing to receive the motion of t-ainers D and. the pins F, all as and for the the lower roll, as and for the purpose set forth. purpose described. i

3. The jaw S, in combination with the screw T, and the looselypivoted curved pad R, as anii JUDSON W. HALL. for the purpose set forth.

Witnesses 4. In combination with the jonrual-boxes of SANTIAGO VERDI, the upper roll in a wringing-machine, the re- J. G. ARNOLD. 

